Results of the 2017 Boys' Championship

The 2017 East Riding Union’s Boys championship was held on August 3rd at the beautifully presented Hainsworth Park Golf Club in Brandesburton. After the dramatic closing events of the Senior
Amateur Championship at Hessle Golf Club 5 days previously only the prescient amongst those in attendance would have predicted an equally thrilling outcome.

A week of inclement weather continued to sweep the area as 34 budding golfers aged between 17 and 9, teed it up for championship glory. The field included recent Rob McLeish Cup winner Tom Duck,
Burstwick Club Champion Jack Maxey and Yorkshire’s Joe Allenby and Lewis Hunt.

The morning results produced a procession rather than a competition with Maxey playing unmatched, quality golf. Out in one under par 34 and back in one over 37, his level par round of 3 birdies
and 3 bogies eclipsed his rivals with nonchalant ease who could only manage an indifferent 78 at best. It was, as they say, all over bar the shouting wasn’t it?

A more than unsettling strong westerly breeze continued to drag squally weather across the course until late afternoon testing the mental fortitude of the young players. Maxey, out in 37
continued to play solid golf. He started for home with back to back par 4’s before “hitting the wall” in spectacular style. A quadruple bogey 8 at the innocuous 12th was followed by a wildly
erratic bogey at the long 13th. A further 3 shots went before he signed for an 82 and his face failed to conceal his huge disappointment.

Duck by contrast despite making the odd mistake here and there remained focussed on the job in hand. Out in 3 over par 38 he appeared to be too far back from the inexplicably, faltering Maxey.
Indeed, when he “launched a monster” down 17 which found the water when still 3 behind, his chance appeared to have gone.

Displaying maturity beyond his years, Ganton and Scarborough North Cliff member, Duck took his penalty drop and then sent a soaring long iron at the flag for a superb birdie. A steely 10 foot
putt on the last for par meant he signed for a 75 and a Championship tying cumulative score of 143.

The loquacious Hunt and reserved Allenby, 2 and 3 shots back respectively, no doubt spent the evening reflecting on missed opportunities whilst the tie at the top had the Officials reacquainting
themselves with the rule book.

As in Sunday’s Amateur, a playoff ensued, this time over 2 holes, Hainsworth’s par 4 first and par 3 last. Despite the heightened tension both protagonists split the fairway with Maxey putting
his second safely on the green. Duck, however, slightly misjudged his approach and found a poor lie over the green from which he crucially failed to get up and down. Maxey made 4.

A sizable crowd of spectators greeted these fine young men as they approached the 18th green. Swimming in a sea of adrenaline both players reached the back of the long green featuring a front
pin. Duck putting first, knocked his 30 footer stone dead for a certain 3 leaving Maxey with 2 putts for the title. Showing no signs of his earlier meltdown, he calmly stroked the ball to the
hole side and tapped in – job done.

The trophy for the net prize was won by Hull Golf Club’s George Clark, grandson of the venerable East Riding Past President Edward Clark, who proudly watched on. His net score of (72 + 66) 138
was 3 ahead of Hornsea Golf Club’s Will Marshall (71 + 70) and 5 ahead of Cottingham Parks’ Cooper Beck (71 +72), George Bell (69 +74) and George Davies (68 + 75) both of Scarborough North Cliff.

A fine days golf will no doubt be viewed in hindsight in differing hues and lights by all the players.

Scars earned in a tough afternoon’s golf will hopefully soon be forgotten and the Union sincerely hopes to see all those that are still eligible at next year’s event. Hopefully they will also
manage to mark their cards correctly…..

Gross Scores

Pos.

Name

Round 1

Round 2

Total

1st

J. Maxey*

71

82

153

2nd

T. Duck

78

75

153

3rd

L. Hunt

78

77

155

4th

J. Allenby

80

76

156

5th

J. Tarbotton

80

78

158

6th

B. Wright

80

79

159

7th

O. Beckitt

84

77

161

8th

G. W. P. Clark

84

78

162

9th

W. Marshall

82

81

163

10th

D. Swales

81

83

164

11th

G. Bell

81

86

167

12th

G. Davies

80

87

167

* Winner in play-off

Net Scores

Pos.

Name

Round 1

Round 2

Total

1st

G. W. P. Clark

72

66

138

2nd

W. Marshall

71

70

141

3rd

C. Beck

71

72

143

4th

G. Bell

67

74

143

5th

G. Davies

68

75

143

6th

M. Brompton

77

70

147

7th

J. Rawlinson

78

70

148

8th

H. Brompton

75

73

148

9th

J. Tarbotton

75

73

148

10th

M. Walker

73

75

148

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